The 5th-annual Anti*Pop Music Festival will take place in various venues throughout downtown Orlando from November 11-14, 2009. Cost is $5-$15 for individual shows and 4-day passes are also available for $25. Venues include AKA Lounge, BackBooth, Firestone Live, Gibson Showroom, Peacock Room, Plaza Theatre, Tanqueray’s, Will’s Pub, 57 West, Park Ave CDs, BBQ Bar, Uncle Lou’s, Bold Hype, Central Station Bar, and Stardust Coffee & Video parking lot.

Performers will include Blackguard, Ex Deo, Hypocrisy, Ensiferum, DJ Stranger, Orign, BC of Red Tide, amiam, Grey Matter, Twin Tigers, The Antlers, Minus the Bear, godpawn, Thomas Wynn and the Believers, Gasoline Heart, Isaac Russell, Pete Yorn, dagnese, Fight Like Animals, Dreaming in Stereo, Eliza Rickman, Mumpsy, Mumly Troll, Sincere, Knaladeus, Godamus Rhyme, Tunji, Looptroop Rockers, Grieves w/Budo, Cunninlynguists, Oh Fortuna, Young Brother, Telethon, The Pauses, The Tenant, Yacht, Diddles, Kaleigh Baker, Ben Prestage, John Lee Hooker Jr., Senate, illScarlett, Junkierush, The Crazy Carls, Big D & the Kids Table, Ky-Mani Marley, Yacht, Elephant Gun, The New Lows, The Ludes, Six Dead Horses, Junior Bruce, Dark Castle, Black Tusk, Black Cobra, Jason Choi, Maximino, Great Deceivers, Varras Tower, DJ J Storm, S.K.I.P. and Jimmy, DiVINCI and Beef Wellington, Solillquists of Sound, Death Mites, Rouse, Rug, The Beauvilles, King Bee, Sam Rivers Quintet, The Angst, Idol’s End, Big City Bombers, Tooth and the Enamels, The New Threat, Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg, Watch Me Disappear, The Still Voice, Overdale, XOXO, Furious Dudes, The Slippery Slopes, Mowgli, Rabbit Punch, Ventricles, Viernes, I Fight Dragons, Whole Wheat Bread, MC Chris, Shapiro, Spring Tigers, The Ettes, Fake Problems, North Via, Kiv Druidi, Vreid, Alestorm, Belphegor, Eluveitie, The pretty Faces, The Legendary JCs, Zach Williams, Brook Waggoner, Jimmy Gnecco, Copeland, Beardsley, Only Thieves, Buff Clout, Bananafish, So Help Me Rifle, 1991, Republicorpse, Khann, Happy Valley, pan/dos, Sunbears, Dr. Moonstein, Lighthouse Music, The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt and others.

For more information about the Anti*Pop Music Festival, visit antipopmusicfest.com.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park

SeaWorld Orlando

Discovery Cove

Aquatica by SeaWorld

Busch Gardens Tampa

Central Florida Zoological Park

Jungle Adventures

Brevard Zoo

Silver Springs

Finding Nemo – The Musical

Festival of the Lion King

Flights of Wonder

Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle Parade

For more information about Central Florida attractions, visit http://www.orlando-florida.net.

Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party
November 10 – December 18, 2009

Holidays Around the World
November 27 – December 30, 2009

The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights
November 10, 2009 – January 4, 2010

Mickey’s Jingle Jungle Parade
November 27, 2009 – January 3, 2010

Festival of the Seasons
November 17 – December 24, 2009

New Year’s Eve at Walt Disney World Resort
December 31, 2009

1. Manta
Swooping over sea and sky, Manta inspires riders with incredible underwater animal habitats, then soars them face-down, in a horizontal position, aboard a manta-inspired flying coaster.

2. Kraken
An exhilarating roller coaster, Kraken speeds up to 65 miles per hour and reaches a height of 151 as it loops its way high over Serpent’s Lagoon.

3. Believe
An amazing live show, Believe combines the talents of SeaWorld’s resident killer whales with spectacular music, choreography, multimedia and set pieces.

4. Journey to Atlantis
A one-of-a-kind “watercoaster,” Journey to Atlantis akes you on a water flume adventure aboard an eight-passenger boat that features a re-creation of the mythical city of Atlantis and a 60-foot-drop into a splash pool (prepare to get soaked!).

5. A’Lure The Call of the Ocean
A one-of-a-kind show at Nautilus Theater, A’Lure is a mystical odyssey boasts lively music, acrobatics and comedy, along with state-of-the-art special effects.

6. Wild Arctic
Experience a simulated jet helicopter ride to “Base Station Wild Arctic,” a walk-through animal habitat that features polar bears, walruses, beluga whales and harbor seals.

7. Clyde and Seamore Take Pirate Island
Billed as a tale of “lost loot, pirate plunder and misadventure on the high seas,” Clyde and Seamore Take Pirate Island takes you on a hilarious swashbuckling adventure that stars a talented group of sea lions, otters and an immense walrus!

8. Blue Horizons
A theatrical spectacular, Blue Horizons showcases majestic animals such as dolphins and false killer whales, as well as talented divers, trapeze artists and exotic birds.

9. Dolphin Cove
A 700,000-galloon lagoon, Dolphin Cover is home to a variety of playful Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Feeding sesions take place at designated times throughout the day.

10. Shark Encounter
Travel along the world’s largest underwater acrylic tunnel at Shark Encounter and view an assortment of shark species, as well as barracuda, eels and venomous fish.

Walt Disney World Resort will host a fantastic lineup of fun-filled activities to help bring in the New Year 2010! Mark your calendar for the following Disney World events:

Bay Lake & Seven Seas Lagoon
The Electrical Water Pagaent (9 PM; plays to Magic Kingdom entrance area at 10:25 PM)

Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Mickey’s Jingle Jungle Parade (3:45 PM)
Park hours on New Year’s Eve (9 AM-7 PM)

Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Fantasmic! nighttime musical special effects extravaganza (6:30 PM)
Live performances by in-park band “Mulch, Sweat and Shears,” back-to-back with a DJ at Mickey’s Sorcerer’s Hat (Mulch, Sweat and Shears sets are 8, 9, 10 and 11 PM; DJ starts at 63;) PM)
A special “Lights, Camera, Happy New Year” fireworks show starring Mulch, Sweat and Shears (11:55 PM)
Park hours on New Year’s Eve: 9 AM-midnight

Disney’s Magic Kingdom
“Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It!” parade and street party (11 AM, 12:30 PM and 5:40 PM)
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade (12 PM and 3:30 PM)
SpectroMagic parade of lights and music (7 PM and 10:30 PM)
Holiday Wishes fireworks (8:30 PM)
Fantasy in the Sky fireworks (11:50 PM)
Park hours on New Year’s Eve: 9 AM-1 AM

Epcot
Special version of “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth” (7:30 PM and 11:40 PM)
Park hours on New Year’s Eve (9 AM-1 AM)

Haunted Mansion at Disney’s Magic Kingdom

Haunted Mansion at Disneyland
Haunted Mansion at Tokyo Disneyland


Phantom Manor at Disneyland Paris


Haunted Mansion: The Making of a Masterpiece
Grim Grinning Ghosts
Leota
Madame Leota Tombstone
Haunted Mansion History, Part 1
Haunted Mansion, Part 2
Haunted Mansion Commercial
Thurl Ravenscroft Interview

Celebrity narrators have been announced for the Epcot Candlelight Processional, which will take place November 27 through December 30, 2009. The Candlelight Processional, which includes a mass choir and 50-piece live orchestra, will take place at America Gardens Theatre nightly at 5 PM, 6:45 PM and 8:15 PM.

Celebrity Narrator Schedule

November 27-29, 2009 – Isabella Rossellini
November 30 & December 1-2, 2009 – John O’Hurley
December 3-5, 2009 – Steven Curtis Chapman
December 6-8, 2009 – Anika Noni Rose
December 9-11, 2009 – Andy Garcia
December 12-14, 2009 – Vanessa Williams
December 15-17, 2009 – Abigail Breslin
December 18-20, 2009 – Whoopi Goldberg
December 21-23, 2009 – Brian Dennehy
December 24-26, 2009 – Edward James Olmos
December 27-30, 2009 – Angela Bassett/Courtney B. Vance

Note: Performances are included with Epcot admission. Guests are advised to arrive early. Schedule subject to change without notice.

Contempo Cafe – Disney’s Contemporary Resort


Kouzzina by Cat Cora – Disney’s Boardwalk


Paradiso 37 – Downtown Disney Area

T-Rex Cafe – Downtown Disney Area

The Wave

For more information about Disney World restaurants, visit www.orlando-florida.net.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Expedition Everest

Mission: SPACE

Rock ‘n Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith

Soarin’

Space Mountain

Splash Mountain

Test Track

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

For more information about Disney World thrill rides, visit www.orlando-florida.net/press-releases/disney-world-thrill-rides.htm.